I Returned As the Governor of the Country That Abandoned Me

18 – Because I loved this country so much

The door of the library opened, and the darkness inside came into view. Before long, the smell of books that I am not familiar with.

I didn’t know that you would come from Hiran, a library that you didn’t go to even when you were in the empire.

Kingdom Royal Library. True to its name, this place had numerous books stacked on top of each other. Starting with the history of Hailan, society, humanities, mathematics, magic, and so on.

Pass the aisle lined with books and climb the stairs. 2Nd floor up the stairs. There are also a lot of books here, but if there was a difference from the first floor, it was that it was not well organized.

And in the middle, a man is sitting with books as a chair. There were several men standing around, and it was not difficult for me to see that they were the figures of this rebellion.

“Are you Dave, the knight of the kingdom?”

“Governor Aran von Robertein.”

His blue eyes looking at me. In his blue eyes, there was an intense desire that I could not understand.

“Is His Highness all right?”

“Of course.”

“Guide me. I will take Her Highness out.”

“I have an impatient personality. Still, I haven’t even started the story.”

Ah, it was. This man wanted me alone. Surely, there must be something you want to say to me.

“Your words are not worth listening to.”

It is enough for me to come here alone to match him. You don’t have to listen to this guy, and he doesn’t want to tune in anymore.

Chaeng-

At that time, the servants next to him began to draw their swords. If I had known it would be like this, I would have brought Serena along too.

Seureung-

Confirming that the servants drew their swords, Dave also drew his sword at me.

When the knight pulls out his sword, the sound of the knight’s emotion is heard along with it. Whether it’s the emotion of anger to kill the enemy, or the emotion of determination to protect the person behind me.

When the knights draw their swords like this, you can hear the sounds of various emotions. And I heard a feeling of sadness when this man drew his sword.

“It wouldn’t hurt to hear the story.”

The servants and Dave aim their swords at me. After confirming that, I decided to listen to what he was thinking.

“Governor of Aran. You are also a knight of the Empire. In many cases, knights’ conversations are more effective when they share each other’s swords than through words.”

Dozens of swords aimed at me. Ten years ago, the imperial army pointed a sword at me, but this time the kingdom army pointed a sword at me.

“.. Do I have to cross swords with them too?”

I looked at the servants around me and said. Never scared I’m just curious about how to compete with swords.

“Oh, of course not. These are just children who haven’t even received the title of knight yet, so they don’t have the qualifications to compete with you.”

As Dave beckoned, the squire around him backed away. It seemed like I could have a conversation with this guy.

In line with that man’s sword, I also drew my sword. Did you hear it too? The sound of emotion when I draw my sword.

If you heard it, I’d like you to tell me what it sounded like.

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‘For now, is it a knight?’

I forced the governor of the kingdom to come here alone. That’s how it happened, my meeting with him. I had never actually seen it, but the momentum he was exuding completely overwhelmed this place.

I drew my sword and pointed it at the governor. In knights’ conversations, swords are more effective than words. The sword that carries each other’s feelings is an effective way to convey my thoughts to others.

“Stand back. You guys are not the people to deal with.”

I told my servants to back off. That man, to be honest, wouldn’t be able to win even if he ran all over.

Predicted defeat. Maybe, I might have been waiting for this moment.

Seureung-

Soon, the governor pulled out his sword. Did you say that a knight has feelings when drawing a sword? The sound of emotion coming from the sword he drew was full of confidence.

“Knight of the kingdom, Dave von Drade.”

“The 3rd Knight Commander of the Imperial Family, and the Governor of the Kingdom, Aran von Robertein.”

Me and he, who introduced each other, collided swords. It had been a long time since he had crossed swords with a knight of the Empire.

‘At that time, I lost.’

Ten years ago, when the war with the Empire broke out. The knights of the kingdom past their heyday were no match for the knights of the empire.

And it is still the same now. The knights of the kingdom will never be able to defeat the knights of the empire, neither now nor in the future.

‘I was confident in my strength.’

Because I was confident in my strength, I tried to push the governor with force. However, the Governor skillfully and skillfully blocks my sword.

There is no error in the sword he wields. Calmly and calmly. The sword of the governor blocking my sword was pure and unwavering.

First of all, his composure must be disturbed. So, I decided to provoke him.

“Are the knights of the empire only like this!”

“This isn’t the conversation you want to have with me.”

Did they fall for my provocation? He used to block my attacks only with defense, but eventually started to switch to attack.

Nevertheless, the sword he wields is still calm. This is not a provocation. It’s just testing my abilities.

It was too much to block Governor Aran’s swift sword. Now the situation is completely reversed. I block his sword, and the governor swings his sword at me.

“Governor of Aran. You were once a member of the Kingdom.”

“The past is just the past.”

Even in a sword-to-sword situation, provocations towards each other continue. Numerous people have a romance with knights’ confrontation, but most of them are in the form of sharing swords in this way and provoking each other.

If you are ugly, you may be ugly. It’s not pure swordsmanship, it’s to destroy the opponent’s composure, aiming for that gap. Even so, this is a showdown between knights. Depending on the slightly twisted direction of the sword, victory or defeat is decided.

However, Governor Aran did not waver no matter how much I provoked him. If this continues, it is certain that we will lose without being able to do anything. So, I decided to do my best from now on.

Ugh-

My sword began to tremble with a dark red light. An aura that those who have faith can put it into their sword as Ki. My dark red aura began to wrap around my sword body.

The governor of Aran, who confirmed that I am manifesting an aura, also manifests an aura. His sword began to cry, and a blue aura covered his body.

“Aran von Robertein!!”

The sword he wields is extremely heavy. A collision between my dark red aura and his blue aura. For knights without an aura, the one with superior swordsmanship wins, but for knights with an aura, the one with stronger conviction wins.

Catch-up-

My sword and his sword started making a scraping sound. There is no provocation like before. Just, confirming each other’s beliefs and sharing swords.

“The color of the aura is muddy. It shouldn’t have been this color originally.”

It was then that Governor Aran opened his mouth when they were sharing swords for a while.

Ha. Indeed. Have you looked at my aura and inferred there?

“What is it that you wish for, why did you hope so much?”

“The destruction of the kingdom of Hailan.”

If you are asked a question, you should answer it. It was then that the Governor General’s eyes wavered after hearing my answer.

Ugh-

His sword didn’t stop there, he started crying to the point where it couldn’t be compared to before.

“How is it, a knight? Do you wish for the destruction of your own country?”

Soon, a blue moon rose behind him. That is the world of images that we have only heard about in words.

The landscape of the library has completely changed. No, is it true that I was in the library in the first place? As if they had come to another world, the scenery around them changed in the blink of an eye.

Kung-

The governor lowered his sword at me. He hurriedly raised his sword to block it, but his sword swayed like the falling moon over there.

‘I can’t… I can’t stop it.’

The sword he wielded was so fast that he could no longer think of a way to block his sword. If he tried to block one side, his sword flew from the other side.

Chack-

One solid line from the shoulder to the chest. It didn’t take much summing up until this solid line was engraved on my body.

“Keok-“

Holding his chest from which blood was pouring, he knelt down. This is not voluntary. Along with the blood flowing out of my body, the legs that supported my body lost their strength.

“I heard that you are planning to attack the Governor-General.”

“.. That’s right.”

At me on his knees, the governor pointed his sword and said.

“What is the reason?”

“Because I wished for the destruction of Hailan.”

The governor of Aran was more cruel than the previous governors. He is the kingdom’s defense minister, the one who annihilated the duke and even had the finance minister executed.

I wanted this man to destroy the kingdom using my attack on the governor as an excuse.

This plan was originally intended to be used as a plan to make a point right before the kingdom’s destruction, but the timing was too early.

Therefore, the kingdom will not perish right away because of this. However, it will take damage equivalent to that.

“Then, let’s change the question. Why do you wish for the destruction of the kingdom? This country would be your homeland.”

Why do you wish for the destruction of this country? That’s right, isn’t it natural?

“Because I loved this country so much.”

Hairan, the country of chivalry. As a servant, this country I saw was truly a country of knights.

Everyone is united in the spirit of chivalry, and there was no hesitation in swinging a sword at the enemy.

“I wish for the destruction of Hailan.”

However, not anymore. No matter how massive an enemy might attack us, there is no longer Highlan, which fought against us without hesitation. Only the wicked vassals and the powerless queen remain in this country.

That’s why I wished for the destruction of this country. When Hiran is still remembered as a country of chivalry in people’s memories, so that we can have a beautiful farewell.

So that the country called Hiran, which appears in history, will be remembered as a country of chivalry that fought against the empire and died down bravely, rather than as a subject country that was slowly absorbed by the empire.

Because I loved this country so much, I wanted it to perish.

I hope that this country will not suffer any more.

I hope that this country will not forget the spirit of chivalry anymore.

Chaeng-

Slashing the governor’s sword aimed at me, I shouted.

“The sword of Hailan never bends!”

Even if it breaks at the hands of the empire, it won’t bend. This was Hiran’s chivalry, which I heard about when I first became a knight.